Reading List — The Kindness Rocks Project®

The Kindness Rocks Project®

Essential Reading for Pre-K through Grade 1

May I Please Have a Cookie? (Scholastic Readers, Level 1)

By Jennifer Morris, Jennifer E. Morris

How Kind!

By Mary Murphy

One

By Kathryn Otoshi

What Do You Do With an Idea?

By Kobi Yamada

Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children

By Carol McCloud, Katherine Martin

What Can I Do Today?: to make this world a happier place

By Allison Stoutland

I'm Like You, You're Like Me: A Book About Understanding and Appreciating Each Other

By Cindy Gainer

How to Heal a Broken Wing

By Bob Graham

Put Your Best Foot Forward: more little lessons for a happier world

By Allison Stoutland

What Does It Mean to Be Kind?

By Rana DiOrio

Happy

By Mies Van Hout

Reach for the Sky: and other little lessons for a happier world

By Allison Stoutland

Reading list for Grades 1 through 3

We're All Wonders

By R. J. Palacio

The Spiffiest Giant in Town

By Julia Donaldson

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

By Philip C. Stead

The Invisible Boy

By Trudy Ludwig

What Do You Do With an Idea?

By Kobi Yamada

Chrysanthemum

By Kevin Henkes

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

By Oliver Jeffers

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

By Emily Pearson

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids (Bucketfilling Books)

By Carol McCloud

Those Shoes

By Maribeth Boelts

Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow book)

By Derek Munson

Manners

By Aliki

Reading list for the Grown Ups

A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives

By Thupten Jinpa Phd

The Alchemist

By Paulo Coelho

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)

By Don Miguel Ruiz

How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain

By Thomas Lickona

Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America: 101 Stories about the True Spirit of Our Country

By Amy Newmark

Educating for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility

By Thomas Lickona

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

By Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams

The Kindness Cure: How the Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World

By Tara Cousineau PhD